Discussion about daily life. Types of Roman food. Show the students different types of recipe.

4/10

Two part homework on Roman food.

1. Compose an invite to a Roman dinner. Include a brief menu with the gustatio, prima mensa and secunda mensa. Don't forget to say what kinds of entertainment will be on offer! Here is the lesson handout.

Begin Stage 10: Rhetor. Discussion of term. English derivatives. Also notion of orator.

pp. 130-133. Model sentences

Week 6

(25/5-29/5)

P. 136: About the Language. All forms of the present tense and the verb esse. Go over together in class and on board.

Go over first part of controversia together in class. Divide class in two: one group Roman; one group Greek. Prepare lines 14-22 and 23-31 respectively. Debate on Roman v. Greek - expand to consider how far it was true that Romans simply copied the Greeks.

29/5

Practising the Language p. 140

Week 7

(1/6-5/6)

Go over statuae together in class.

Discuss Roman schools, subjects, and style. Background pp. 140-143. Different levels of schooling, comparisons to schooling in the modern world.

5/6

Either a) Write an account in the day of the school life of a Roman child or b) write a factual comparison of the similarities and differences between Roman schooling and schooling of today.

Week 8

(8/6-12/6)

anulus Aegyptius in class. Read and answer the questions.

Week 9

(15/6-19/6)

The Romans board game: complete with background questions on the history and culture of the Romans.